Note: The Le Mars girls have now won 42 straight regular season matches and the boys extended their regular season win-streak to 27.

(N-F-L football)

Atlanta 34, Seattle 31

SEATTLE – Matt Ryan threw for 195 yards and two touchdowns as the Atlanta Falcons beat the Seattle Seahawks 34-31, leaving both teams 6-4. Adrian Clayborn returned a fumble 10 yards for a score to put the Falcons ahead 21-7 early in the second quarter. Russell Wilson passed for two touchdowns, including a scoring toss to Doug Baldwin with three minutes left to get the Seahawks within three points before Blair Walsh missed a 52-yard field-goal try with two seconds to play.

(college basketball)

NEW YORK – The order is a little jumbled, but the top 10 remain the same in the latest Associated Press men’s basketball poll. Duke remains No. 1, followed by Arizona, Kansas, Michigan St. and Villanova. The Wildcats and Jayhawks moved up one spot with the Spartans’ loss to the Blue Devils last Tuesday. Duke took 54 of 65 first-place votes and Arizona claimed the others.
Sixth-ranked Wichita State is followed by Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina and Southern California.

(N-H-L hockey)

TUESDAY RESULTS – November 21

(high school basketball)

LE MARS — No. 5 (4A) Le Mars opened the 2017-2018 girls basketball season with a 55-12 rout of the Hinton Blackhawks Tuesday night at the Bulldogs Competition gym. The Lady Bulldogs scored the first 16 points of the game and held Hinton without a field goal in the first half while building a 26-3 lead by halftime. The lead grew to 42-8 after three quarters before Le Mars settled on a 43-point winning margin. Sidney Baumgartner led a balanced scoring attack with 15 points with Jenn Schneider adding 13 and Madison Dreckman 10. Jaelynn Dreckman dropped in 7 for the Lady Bulldogs. Laura Brighton, Hallie Reuter and El’Lee Kroll led Hinton with three points each. Hinton falls to 0-and-2 for the season. Both teams return to action next Tuesday.

LE MARS — The Gehlen Catholic girls basketball team is off to their best start since the 2013-2014 season at 2-and-0, following Tuesday night’s 54-36 win over Siouxland Christian at the Marvin Langel Memorial gym in Le Mars. The Lady Jays outscored Siouxland Christian 24-13 in the final quarter to turn a 30-23 lead after three quarters into a solid 18-point victory. The Eagles beat Gehlen by 29 points last season. Addison Weber led the way for Gehlen with 19 points while Abbie Dickman had 11 and Sydney Livermore 10.

FRIDAY RESULTS – November 24

(college football)

Iowa 56, Nebraska 14

LINCOLN, Neb. — With a 42-point second half, Iowa (7-5) did its part to put the finishing touches on the worst football season at Nebraska (4-8) in six decades. Akrum Wadley ran for 159 yards and three touchdowns and Iowa scored 28 points in less than a 7-minute span on its way to a 56-14 win Friday in what could have been coach Mike Riley’s last game with the Cornhuskers. The Hawkeyes now await a bowl bid, possibly from the Music City Bowl or the Pinstripe Bowl.

SATURDAY RESULTS – November 25

(college football)

SIOUX CITY – Morningside improved to 6-6 all-time in the F-C-S quarterfinals with a dominant 52-7 victory over St. Xavier (Ill.). Quarterback Trent Solsma led the Mustangs’ high-powered offense with 335 passing yards and four touchdowns. Wide receiver Chad Berg was Solsma’s favorite target on the day with six catches for 112 yards and two scores. Morningside set a new program record with nine sacks, including three by defensive lineman Chase Reis.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Defending national champion St. Francis, which is looking to become the first team to take home back-to-back banners since former member Sioux Falls accomplished the feat in 2008 and 2009, downed Northwestern, 30-3, to extend its NAIA-best winning streak to 22-straight. Saint Francis’ Justin Green once again proved to be a difference maker, as the junior raced for 179 yards and one touchdown. In nine career playoff games, Green has ran for 1,649 yards (183.2 per game) and 14 touchdowns. The Cougars reach the F-C-S semifinals for the third-straight season as they host No. 3 Morningside on December 2.

Kansas State 20, Iowa State (7-5) 19

MANHATTEN, Kan. — Skylar Thompson found Isaiah Zuber at the back of the end zone on a scramble play for the winning touchdown as time ran out to lift Kansas State to a wild 20-19 win over Iowa State Saturday. The win completed a comeback from a 19-7 deficit in the fourth quarter for the Wildcats. Kyle Kempf threw for 264 yards for I-S-U, who lost for the tenth straight time to K-State.

SUNDAY RESULTS – November 26

NEW YORK – Clemson is the new leader in The Associated Press college football poll, followed by Oklahoma, unbeaten Wisconsin, Auburn and the Crimson Tide. The Tigers picked up 27 first-place votes and moved up three spots following Saturday’s rout of South Carolina. The Sooners took 24 first-place votes and the Badgers claimed the remaining 10. Oklahoma earned a 28-point win over West Virginia, and the Badgers shut out Minnesota 31-0.